Daming: From the end of Hongwu

296 Chapter 294 - The Eve of the Showdown
Sheng Yong's actions were very fast. After convening all the generals on the same day and discussing the battle plan, the army only prepared for one day before heading towards Dongchang in mighty strength.

They traveled as fast as they could along the way, and when they arrived at Dongping Prefecture, Zhen Wu, who was guarding Jinan, received the report from the scouts.

Yanzhou is a little far away from Jinan, so the information time difference is unavoidable.

Zhen Wu looked at the map with a deep expression on his face. Zhang Wu next to him was surprised and said: "Dongping Prefecture! Sheng Yong made it clear that he was going to Dongchang. What happened now? The rainy day on our side just ended yesterday. Your Highness and the others Because of the weather, the journey must not be fast, I'm afraid we may not be able to reach Dongchang City at this moment, if His Highness and the others finish fighting Dongchang, Sheng Yong's army will definitely be able to bite His Highness and them."

Xue Lu also said with a gloomy face: "Sheng Yong, this guy, I didn't expect to have some skills. Now we are really in trouble. The problem is that none of us thought that Sheng Yong's movements would be so fast, and he could move in such a short time. Integrate the Huai'an soldiers and horses and the defeated army together within a short period of time. If this matter is placed on Li Jinglong, it will take less than a month, and Sheng Yong dares to be so decisive, ignoring the bait of our Jinan, and go straight to His Highness."

"Empiricism is bad." Zhen Wu couldn't help but sigh irritably.

They had been fighting with the Southern Army for so long, and they could not help forming empirical impressions of the various reactions of the Southern Army, but how could it be that the Southern Army had not improved as they thought.

This kind of carelessness directly led to a big loophole in their previous strategy, and when the loophole was caught by Sheng Yong, it caused a major crisis for the entire army.

"We have to find a way to hold Sheng Yong down, at least to buy some time for His Royal Highness, as long as there is a time gap, after His Highness and the others have integrated Xu Kai's troops, it is a good choice whether it is to go north and return to Jinan." " Zhen Wu frowned and said in a low voice.

"How can we procrastinate? We only have more than 2 people, and we still need to keep troops to defend Jinan City." Xue Lu said.

Zhang Wu had a bold idea at this time, he said: "You said that we can go to fight Yanzhou, and there are no heavy troops in Huai'an now, we can even go straight to the capital."

"Surround Wei and save Zhao?" Xue Lu's eyes lit up and said, "If that's the case, Sheng Yong will definitely have to turn around."

Zhen Wu shook his head and said: "It's easy to think about. Although there are no heavy troops in Huai'an, there are guards in every city, not to mention that there are at least 2 soldiers left in the guard force of the capital, and Mei Yin is in the south of the Yangtze River. Calling soldiers from all over the country, even if we kill more than [-] people, there will be no splash. Even if Sheng Yong is scared by us, he will definitely take Jinan City when we are no longer a threat. In this case, Your Highness The meaning of their going to Dongchang is completely gone.”

Zhang Wu and Xue Lu thought for a while, and after understanding, they nodded in unison.

"But what should we do now? We can't just watch Sheng Yong go to Dongchang." Zhang Wudao.

"Of course not."

Zhen Wu thought as he said, "Well, Xue Lu, go and gather all our cavalry troops, and you and I will harass Sheng Yong's grain roads for as long as you can, and Zhang Wuyi will guard Jinan City for me." , In addition, send someone to inform His Highness quickly, so that His Highness and the others must move faster."

Zhang and Wu thought about it, and found that it had to be like this, so they hurried down to do business.

And Zhen Wu went back to the room and asked the soldiers to help him put on the armor.

Cao Xiaoman looked at Zhen Wu from the side, and couldn't help feeling a little worried. He knew that although Zhen Wu's health was getting better day by day, he was still not completely recovered. How could he not go to the battlefield in this state? Worrying.

What's more, he has been with Zhen Wu for ten years, and he has long regarded Zhen Wu as his own brother in his heart.

Therefore, Cao Xiaoman couldn't help talking too much.

"General You, why don't you stay in Jinan and let General Xue take the cavalry to harass the grain road, your body..." Cao Xiaoman didn't say the rest of the words.

But Zhen Wu understood, but he still shook his head.

Zhen Wu stretched out his hands, asked the soldiers to help him put on the armor, and looked towards the sky. He knew better than anyone else that if they couldn't hold Sheng Yong back, then they would have a fateful battle in Dongchang.

This battle is crucial, he is not here, don't worry.

After the soldiers helped Zhen Wu put it on, Zhen Wu held Ma Qian firmly, endured the stinging pain in his arm, and said firmly, "Let's go."

soon.

The defensive arrangement of Jinan City has been re-adjusted, and the remaining [-] cavalry troops are all ready. Zhen Wu brought Cao Xiaoman to the front of all the cavalry troops. The army rushed out of Jinan City.

Zhen Wu is an expert in using cavalry, and his cavalry is all elite, he can guarantee that no one can keep the cavalry led by him.

Like the peace that hovers behind them.

This person was also extremely brave, even if he had a broken arm, but even if he led the elite cavalry and wanted to run with all his heart, there were still not many people who could stay safe.

After all, the army is too clumsy compared to the cavalry. Even if you want to send the cavalry to intercept, it depends on the quality of the cavalry.

Therefore, even if Zhen Wu led the cavalry to go deep into Sheng Yong's rear, he would not be too afraid.

Zhen Wu was not too polite, they directly inserted into the middle area between Dongping Prefecture and Yanzhou, sent a large number of scouts to explore Sheng Yong's grain road, and then began to attack frequently.

Sheng Yong didn't have much preparation, and Zhen Wu succeeded repeatedly.

And when Sheng Yong learned that Zhen Wu frequently attacked his grain road, Sheng Yong was not angry but happy instead of what Zhen Wu expected, which made all the generals who saw this scene puzzled.

Sheng Yong explained to the generals with a smile: "If I had doubts about going to Dongchang before, but Zhen Wu's actions have strengthened my confidence. Think about it, he harassed me. What is the intention? It's very simple. It's nothing more than wanting to stop me from going to Dongchang. Then I really can't do what he wants. Pass my order, and the rear army will send all the cavalry to protect the grain road. The army, increase the speed by another three points, and head to Dongchang quickly."

All the generals were stunned, and then looked at Sheng Yong with admiration, clasped his fists and accepted the order.

When Zhen Wu found out that Sheng Yong's army was three points faster, he couldn't help but sigh. To be honest, this was a bit beyond his expectation. He didn't expect Sheng Yong to really be willing to go.

This also made Zhen Wu have to sigh, Sheng Yong is really not a mediocrity.

Afterwards, more and more cavalry troops were in charge of protecting Shengyong's food road, and Zhen Wu's actions were no longer as simple as before. After doing his best, Zhen Wu could only look in the direction of Dongchang, hoping that Zhu Di would act after getting the information. It can also be brought up.

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At this time, Zhu Di finally arrived at Dongchang City. He had already received the letter from Zhen Wu, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

He even couldn't help complaining about the son of a bitch, it rained for several days, blocking his way and ruining his event.

But things have come to this, he can only seize all the time to attack the city.

Therefore, Zhu Di summoned Zhang Yu and others that night to discuss the matter of siege.

As for Xu Kai in Dongchang City, he had been in Sichuan before, and Zhu Yunqi was transferred to Linqing to garrison the canal after Zhu Yunwen took office. Therefore, although Xu Kai has a lot of troops at this moment, most of them are not his direct descendants. He voted for Zhu Di, but he was not sure that he would surrender with everyone.

And since Zhu Di wanted to attract the attention of all the soldiers, he had to fight Zhu Di.

At this moment, Xu Kai was thinking about his subordinates, which ones intend to surrender to Zhu Di, which ones will definitely not surrender, and which ones are indifferent and double-faced.

Only after he has thought through these things can he arrange defenses, let the damned die in the war, and let those who are easy to persuade to surrender survive.

As time passed, the next day came soon.

Zhu Di and the others built a fire to make food, and after making the soldiers full, they began to attack the city vigorously. In this battle, Zhu Di knew that he didn't have much time, so he directly led the army to attack the city.

The strength of resistance in Dongchang City was somewhat beyond Zhu Di's expectations. The two sides fought until the afternoon. With a sudden riot in the city, Zhu Di and the others broke into the city.

In this battle, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Neng, Zhang Yu, etc. all fought hand-to-hand, beheading nearly ten thousand people to control the entire Dongchang City.

Xu Kai surrendered without any surprise.

He's already tired of acting.

And the rest are commanders, like Cheng Xian, Yu Qi, Zhao Hu, Hu Yuan, Li Ying and others are very entangled. Zhu Di wants the soldiers in their hands, so he naturally persuades them with good words, but these people Most of them are worried.

In fact, Zhu Di also understands them, and also doesn't want to embarrass them.

In the end, Zhu Di thought of a way.

As long as they obediently hand over their military power and make their soldiers willingly sacrifice their lives to Zhu Di, Zhu Di promised to send them to Peiping to watch from the sidelines.

The meaning is obvious.

If Zhu Di wins, they are credited.

If Zhu Di loses, they can argue with Zhu Yunqi whatever they want at that time, no matter whether they are coerced by Zhu Di or detained by Zhu Di in Beiping, everything is up to them.

As soon as this method came out, these people all turned against each other immediately, and promised to cooperate with Zhu Di.

After all, who wants to fight this kind of battle.

The uncle and nephew robbing the throne has something to do with them, why did they fight to death.

What's more, Zhu Di is still the son-in-law of their boss Xu, who is Zhu Yunqi?Are you on good terms with them?If they weren't afraid that their positions would be taken away by Zhu Yunqi, they wouldn't even want to come to the battlefield.

Besides, now Zhu Di came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, and they would be damned if they disagreed, so they were all happily discussing where to go for a drink or go hunting after arriving in Peiping.

Of course, at this moment, some people are happy and others are sad.

These people were all captured alive in Dongchang City by Zhu Di, but some people took advantage of the chaos to break out, such as Zhang Pu, the commander of the Dongchang Guard, and Zhao Guang, the commander of the Gaotang Guard.

After breaking through the siege, the two led the remnant army all the way south, chatting with their hearts on the road.

Zhao Guang said, "I never expected that the situation would turn around so quickly. I think King Yan has already become a leader. It will be difficult for the emperor to deal with it later."

Zhang Pu didn't speak, but sighed heavily.

Zhao Guang suddenly reacted: "By the way, Brother Zhang, what will your family do if you escape like this?"

Zhang Pu glanced back at Dongchang City, where he had lived for many years. After withdrawing his eyes, he said, "To be honest, I have long felt that Shandong is not stable, so I arranged for my family to live in a village at the foot of the mountain. They're all right."

Speaking of this, Zhang Pu changed the subject: "Brother Zhao, we have known each other for many years and have been fighting side by side. I wonder what your plans and ideas are going to be?"

"Go to General Sheng Yong, what other ideas do you have..." As he spoke, Zhao Guang came to his senses: "You don't have any other ideas, do you?"

Zhang Pu was silent for a while.

When Zhao Guang couldn't help but wanted to ask again, Zhang Pu said again: "Now that the war has been fought, to be honest, I don't want to fight anymore. I want to pick up the whole family and return to my hometown in Anqing."

Zhao Guang looked surprised: "When the battle is so lively, aren't you afraid of hurting the clansmen of your hometown? Disarmed and returned to the field? Our current emperor is not tolerant to us warriors."

"Scared."

Zhang Pu sighed, "So I'm still in the army."

These words were accompanied by the night wind, and Zhang Pu, covered in blood, seemed to have endless melancholy on his face.

Zhao Guang followed with a sigh. He understood Zhang Pu, but he didn't agree with Zhang Pu's idea in his heart. In this world, as a military officer, he can do whatever he wants.

Looking around the world, after all, there are only a few people who are free, and have time to be sad and worry. It is better to think about how to make contributions. Zhao Guang thought of this and looked back at Dongchang City, which was no longer visible in the distance.

He sighed in his heart, if he wasn't old enough to be brave, he would really like to help the emperor destroy the Yan army.

This credit should be enough for him to climb a few more steps.

pity.

The two walked with the remnant army all night, and on the second day, the soldiers could no longer hold on, so the two of them chose a place to rest and rectify.

Zhang Pu and Zhao Guang were also very tired. After arranging everything, they both fell into a deep sleep.

They slept soundly, and they were not woken up by the panicked soldiers on duty until the afternoon. After Zhang Pu came back to his senses, he was about to reprimand the unsteady soldiers when he heard the soldiers anxiously say: "Thousands of troops are surrounding us outside." .”

Zhang Pu was startled and jumped up from the bed.

what? !

Could it be Yan Jun?
After they occupied Dongchang, so many soldiers were not dealt with, so it is possible that they still have the energy to chase them.

But when Zhang Pu and the others came outside, they found out that they belonged to their own camp. After Zhang Pu asked, they realized that General Sheng Yong had learned that Zhu Di was attacking Dongchang and led his army to help. Has entered the territory of Dongchang Mansion.

The generals who surrounded them were originally Sheng Yong's vanguard. He heard that Zhang Pu and the others were the ones who had retreated from Dongchang, so he directly invited them to meet Sheng Yong.

Zhao Guang looked indifferent, he had originally planned to find Sheng Yong, and this would touch his heart even more.

But Zhang Pu sighed.

The desire to disarm and return to the fields has failed again.

Afterwards, Zhang Pu and the others followed Sheng Yong's vanguard generals to meet Sheng Yong, and at Sheng Yong's inquiry, they told Sheng Yong the details of the Battle of Dongchang City.

After hearing this, Sheng Yong thought for a while, then incorporated them into the army, and ordered them to advance towards Dongchang City quickly.

By the evening of the next day, his army finally arrived near Dongchang City after a high-intensity march.

Zhu Di can't run away now, Sheng Yong thought happily.

But Sheng Yong was happy, but he didn't lose his reason. He carefully camped the army five miles away from Dongchang City, let the vanguard circle around Dongchang City, and pretended that he would definitely not attack the city, but would die. Staring at Zhu Di, waiting for Zhu Di to take the initiative to come out for a decisive battle.

And Zhu Di on the top of the city looked at this scene, his heart sank a little. After all, he was a step too late, but it didn't matter, he had never been afraid of any scenes in his life.

Zhang Yu sighed next to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, since we have become like this, we have to go out for a decisive battle. The longer we delay, the more and more soldiers Sheng Yong will have. Don't forget, Your Highness." There must be tens of thousands of Wu Jie's soldiers and horses, but we in Dongchang have no reinforcements, the more we are delayed, the more dangerous it will be."

Zhu Di nodded, he understood this, but he couldn't figure out who gave Sheng Yong the courage to come and fight him.

Underestimate him? !

Zhu Di looked at the arrogant Shengyong vanguard under the city, and inexplicably felt a little anger in his heart. He thought of his victorious victories in these days, and his eyes suddenly burst into confidence. Afterwards, Zhu Di said disdainfully: "The decisive battle is the decisive battle. I’m afraid of him? Since he’s come all the way here, and he still looks like a decisive battle, let’s fight. I don’t believe that he can beat me. There are many cases where I beat more with less, and I’m almost one more Sheng Yong.”

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　Thanks to 'Mr. Jinglan' for the reward of 1000, thank you boss.

　　
　
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